14 DIVISION 42 Infantry Brigade Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 9th Battalion

31 January 1915 - 31 July 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1901)

762 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), 42 Infantry Brigade, 14th Division, covering January 1915 to July 1918 across 744 pages. It names 80 places across 111 dated entries.Alongside the daily entries the volume carries five casualty and personnel returns, 49 reports, narratives and plans, 145 Operation Orders, three defence schemes, fourteen appendices, six maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: Proposed scheme for Collection and Evacuation of wounded from "H" Sector; 9th Rif. Brig. nominal Roll. of Officers. Reference. D.R.O. 1026; 9th Rif. Brig nominal roll of Other Ranks; March Table issued with 42nd Inf Bde order No. 10; Routine After orders 137th Infantry Brigade; Operation & Send orders received as below; Report on enemy's position I.12 pm. 0.4. in the enemy's front line to Ip12.c.8.3; Table of Reliefs; Programme of Buses and Lorries for Reliefs December 29/30th; Appendix B Programme of Buses and Lorries for Reliefs December 29/30th; Table OF Reliefs for Machine Guns; Relief of Machine Guns.The diary opens at Elverdinghe on 31 January 1915. 1915 is spent at Houtkerque, 41st Inf Bde Rest Area HIC 7.1, Ypres, Poperinghe and Potijze. 1916 at Elverdinghe, All Refe France Lens II, All Rets France Lens II, Arras and Simencourt. 1917 at Potijze, Elverdinghe, Le-Mont-Des-Cats, Kortepyp "B" and Borre. 1918 at Carly, Montescourt, Tilloy les Conty, Cappy and Wambercourt Sempy. It closes at Carly on 31 July 1918. Elverdinghe is where it spent longest, 97 days across six separate stays and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 38 days at All Refe France Lens II.Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Sanctuary Wood, Delville Wood, X Line Kaale Salient, Railway Wood Left, A Trench Chech Trench and Mntaubar Alley.In 1915 it is also recorded at Aldershot, Ostrohove, Cassel, Zeggers Capel, St Sylvestre, Zevencoten, Bailleul, Hurts A.B Flamar Tigne, GHQ Line Duqoerts and Right. In 1916 it is also recorded at Candas, Buire Sur Ancre, Fricourt, Delville Wood, Mntaubar Alley, A Trench Chech Trench, A Trench Chech Tr. Delrelle Wood and Fncourt. In 1917 it is also recorded at Bailleul, Ouderdom, In Action, In Reserve, Ypres, Wippenhoek, Thieushouk, Thieshouk, Waterloo Camp and Bristol Castle. In 1918 it is also recorded at Qt-Martin Au Laert, Bouchoire, Jossy, Jussy, Petitdetroit, Riez De Cugny, Sermaize, Thiescourt, Elincourt and Remy.

• Reihe: War Diaries - Facsimile Reprints of Official War Office WO95 Documents
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Erster Weltkrieg
• ISBN: 9781474509053
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2015
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press